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Fogarty, Edwards grab Grand-Am poles for Chevrolet at Montreal

August 16, 2012

Jon Fogarty earned his fourth Grand-Am pole of the season on Friday at Montreal Photo by LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC

Chevrolet teams went to the top of the qualifying scoreboard on Friday in both Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype (DP) and Grand Touring (GT) for the Montreal 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Jon Fogarty put the famed “Red Dragon”, No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Corvette DP, on the pole for the two-hour race. It is his fourth pole of the season, and the 23rd of his GRAND-AM road racing career.

"We've taken a little bit of a different approach to find the time around here than a lot of the other competitors, but it seems to have worked," Fogarty said. "We're just happy to be up front, especially in a slightly shortened race like we're having. Hopefully we can just keep it up there."

John Edwards was the fastest qualifier in GT behind the wheel of the No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GT.R. It is his Edwards third pole of the 2012 season.

"We've always got decent speed and even when we're not on pole, we seem to be second or third," Edwards said. "We're always close, but I think the thing we need to fight for is keeping the speed over a stint. The races are a tougher fight than qualifying, I think."

The qualifying efforts mean the two winning teams if the 2011 race will lead the field to the green flag on Friday. It marks the seventh time a Corvette Daytona Prototype will lead the field to the green flag in 2012, and the fifth time this season for a Camaro GT.R.